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Hillary Clinton: Trade With Russia Is a Win-Win

By making Moscow a normal trading partner, Congress would create American jobs and advance human rights.

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Hillary Clinton

June 19, 2012 7:17 p.m. ET

Later this summer, Russia will join the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the culmination of a process that began nearly two decades ago. This is good news for American companies and workers, because it will improve our access to one of the world's fastest-growing markets and support new jobs here at home.

U.S.-Russian bilateral trade isn't reaching anything close to its full potential today. While that trade has increased over the past few years, America's exports to Russia still represent less than 1% of our global...